prepare和prepare for的区别
prepare用作及物动词,后接名词时,表示“准备;调制,配置”的意思,它亦可接带to的动词不定式(表示“准备干某事”)或接不定式复合结构(表示“为某人做某事作准备)。例如:
The nurse is preparing the child to go to hospital. The nurse is preparing the child to go to hospital. 保姆正在为孩子住院作准备。
prepare for后接名词或代词,含有“为将来即要发生的某一行动或某种情况作准备”的意味。prepare for是个动介型短语动词,作及物动词用,动作意味很强,可直接用作谓语;
We were given two days to prepare for the examination. We were given two days to prepare for the examination. 我们可以有两天的时间来准备考试。
注意:prepare for可分开来写,即prepare...for, 这时prepare是及物动词。当
prepare后接表示物的名词时,prepare...for通常表示“为(某人)准备(什么)”。当prepare后接人的名词,介词for后接事物等名词时,它通常表示“培养或指导(某人)准备(什么)”。例如:
We must prepare a room for our guest. We must prepare a room for our guest. 我们必须为客人准备一个房间。
They are preparing their child for college. They are preparing their child for college. 他们培养孩子准备上大学。